Katherine Anna Kang

Katherine Anna Kang (born December 15, 1970) is an American businesswoman and film producer. She is notable within the context of Doom for founding Fountainhead Entertainment and aiding in the creation of the Doom RPG series of games.

Career
In 2000, as founder and CEO of Fountainhead Entertainment, she championed machinima and became known as one of machinima’s biggest supporters. Through Fountainhead Entertainment, she produced, wrote, and directed a variety of machinima pieces and co-founded the. In Machinima For Dummies, the machinima piece Anna is mentioned as “… one of the top ten list of every prominent machinima maker in the world.”

While at Fountainhead Entertainment, Kang produced and designed s for id Software, in particular Doom RPG and the Orcs & Elves series. Orcs & Elves was eventually ported to the, with Kang producing and designing.

Formerly, Kang was the Director of Business Development for id Software where she worked on ' and various mission packs, as well as ' ports. In 2008, she returned to id Software as President of id Mobile where she produced and designed  and Doom II RPG. She also produced the -only game Doom Resurrection. A 2014 article listed her as a "former director of business development at id Software", following her husband's departure from id in 2013.

Personal life
Kang married computer programmer and businessman John Carmack in January 2000 in Hawaii. In August 2004, Kang gave birth to their first son, Christopher Ryan. Their second son was born in November 2009. Due to her involvement with id Software and John Carmack, she was mentioned in the final chapters of Masters of Doom. According to social media posts by John, the couple separated some time during 2021 and are now divorced.

Awards
Through Fountainhead Entertainment, Kang has won the following awards:
 * AMAS Best Technical Achievement for Anna
 * AMAS Best Direction for In The Waiting Line
 * IGN.com Adventure Game of the Year for Doom RPG
 * 1UP.com Mobile Game of the Year for Doom RPG
 * Gamespot’s Mobies Mobile Game of the Year for Doom RPG
 * Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Best Cell Game for Orcs & Elves
 * IGN.com Best of E3 – Best Wireless RPG for Orcs & Elves
 * IGN.com Best Wireless Story for Orcs & Elves
 * Leipzig Game Convention Best Mobile Game for Orcs & Elves

Games

 *  (1997)
 *  (1999)
 *  (1999)
 * Doom RPG (2005)
 * Orcs & Elves (2006)
 * Orcs & Elves (2007), for Nintendo DS
 * Orcs & Elves II (2007)
 *  (2008)
 * Doom Resurrection (2009)
 * Doom II RPG (2009)

Trivia

 * Anna's name is mentioned as a minor character in Doom RPG, where a computer terminal lists a message from an "A. Kang".